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ever but is that really the case are two questions more on obama's dealings with the media. and on nine eleven volunteers rush to ground zero to help search for victims in the rubble now some of those volunteers are facing serious health problems and they're running into roadblocks when it comes to getting government help will shine the spotlight on their story coming up. it's wednesday february twenty seventh four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. well begin today taking a look at the big banks and whether or not they are still too big to fail massachusetts senator elizabeth warren yesterday grilled federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. if you speak to mr chairman you did not wipe out the shareholders of the largest financial institutions to the big bank because we didn't have the tools now we could well now have the tools eighty three billion dollars. whatever you're saying mr chairman eighty three billion dollars says there really will be a bailout for the largest financial institutions if they fail that's that's the expectation of mark
ever but is that really the case are two questions more on obama's dealings with the media. and on nine eleven volunteers rush to ground zero to help search for victims in the rubble now some of those volunteers are facing serious health problems and they're running into roadblocks when it comes to getting government help will shine the spotlight on their story coming up. it's wednesday february twenty seventh four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. well begin...
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today on the nomination of jack lew he's the president obama's he is president obama's chief of staff and former head of the office of management and budget for his ideas on generating economic growth to his experience on wall street all of that was on the table and up for discussion before the senate finance committee for more on this i spoke earlier with peter schiff he is the president of euro pacific capital and i began by discussing the controversy surrounding a nearly million dollar bonus lou received while working at citi bank. remember a lot of former treasury officials were at citibank look at robert rubin right you rode that company down i think they made a lot of mistakes but look also look at their look at you know when he was originally appointed he had his own tax problems and it turned out that he didn't even understand the income tax because of the after i forget i forget what mistakes you may remember you had a amended return so it seems like screwing up your own finances is one of the job requirements and i think it's you know it makes sense because the u.s. governme
today on the nomination of jack lew he's the president obama's he is president obama's chief of staff and former head of the office of management and budget for his ideas on generating economic growth to his experience on wall street all of that was on the table and up for discussion before the senate finance committee for more on this i spoke earlier with peter schiff he is the president of euro pacific capital and i began by discussing the controversy surrounding a nearly million dollar bonus...
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weekend thousands demonstrated in washington demanding action on climate change they hope president obama will take action but while they were marching he was playing golf with oil executives so what does this mean for climate change policy. and animal rights groups say conditions inside slaughterhouses and farms here in the u.s. are horrible an insider who spends time working on a farm joins us to share his story. and what a way south florida university a private prison corporation and football have in common hands it involves money and naming rights well look into the connection coming up. it's wednesday february twentieth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching arts. we begin today taking a look at why environmentalist are outraged over president obama's recent golf trip tens of thousands of americans descended upon washington d.c. to protest the keystone keystone x.l. pipeline we find out days later president obama was golfing at a florida result with tiger woods and oil big wigs among his gold buddies jim crane and milton carroll both prominent figures in the
weekend thousands demonstrated in washington demanding action on climate change they hope president obama will take action but while they were marching he was playing golf with oil executives so what does this mean for climate change policy. and animal rights groups say conditions inside slaughterhouses and farms here in the u.s. are horrible an insider who spends time working on a farm joins us to share his story. and what a way south florida university a private prison corporation and...
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start of taking a look at president obama's state of the union address. last night touched on everything from jobs to guns to immigration the president covered a lot of ground in artie's meghan lopez was at the capitol last night to ask lawmakers some critical questions mr speaker. the president of united states a phrase that brings the media to the steps of capitol hill year after year five hundred thirty five lawmakers some forty four million viewers all looking to hear one man's plan for our country's future party was there and beyond the pomp. the grand handing and yes the clapping by we had our team came to capitol hill to find out what the real state of the union is when the actual hill blogger said that he believes that the civil union a strong the state of the government is in shambles you believe that i think there's a lot to be said about that i mean i think one of the things that this speech hopefully will do is elevate the conversation so that we're not just having these squabbles about you know basically self-inflicted wounds the question to
start of taking a look at president obama's state of the union address. last night touched on everything from jobs to guns to immigration the president covered a lot of ground in artie's meghan lopez was at the capitol last night to ask lawmakers some critical questions mr speaker. the president of united states a phrase that brings the media to the steps of capitol hill year after year five hundred thirty five lawmakers some forty four million viewers all looking to hear one man's plan for our...
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from our president obama's remarks last night and what it means for the u.s. moving forward our to correspondent back and lopez is here and our very own abby maher and always outspoken welcome ladies so going to start off the president is known as being a good speaker and many say last night is an example of that but is it all talk. it's hard to say right now we've seen over the last four years and give so many of these state of the union speeches every single time he lays out this really bold agenda and we want to say that everything that happens comes true comes into fruition but oftentimes that's just not the case certainly if you know the past year and we look at his first term a lot of those promises made and the prior state of the unions not all of them were those policies were implemented to say the least abbi what do you think i think that it's all tone like you said i mean. talk is bigger whatever actions speak louder than words you know i mean it's really just a bit of mrs obama in his first term you really do bring very little promises to fruition s
from our president obama's remarks last night and what it means for the u.s. moving forward our to correspondent back and lopez is here and our very own abby maher and always outspoken welcome ladies so going to start off the president is known as being a good speaker and many say last night is an example of that but is it all talk. it's hard to say right now we've seen over the last four years and give so many of these state of the union speeches every single time he lays out this really bold...
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ever but is that really the case artie questions more on obama's dealings with the media. and on nine eleven volunteers rush to ground zero to help search for victims in the rubble now some of those volunteers are facing serious health problems and they're running into roadblocks when it comes to getting government help will shine the spotlight on their story coming up . it's wednesday february twenty seventh five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. we begin today with an update on a story we've covered closely here at our t.v. the case of army private bradley manning pretrial hearings continue today and while not much was discussed inside the courtroom interesting developments have emerged outside of it the government announced today that it would start releasing court documents filed throughout the pretrial process after receiving numerous freedom of information act requests from journalists so what does this mean for the trial moving forward or for his case straight to me now to break it all down is our ts own andrew blake hi andrew it w
ever but is that really the case artie questions more on obama's dealings with the media. and on nine eleven volunteers rush to ground zero to help search for victims in the rubble now some of those volunteers are facing serious health problems and they're running into roadblocks when it comes to getting government help will shine the spotlight on their story coming up . it's wednesday february twenty seventh five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. we begin...
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here's my depiction of obama's logo called killing hope never before obama's presidential campaign had it ever seen a candidate brand themselves with a corporate logo the official logo appears to be a giant blue o's sun rising over an american flag horizon symbolizing the supposed dawn of a new beginning. four years into his presidency obama has not only continued to most of the corrupt unjust and inhumane policies of the criminal bush term but in many cases his administration has exacerbated them at this point it's more than fair to say that the obama regime has blood all over its hands my interpretation of his logo is one where the american stripes are spilling into a deep pool of blood representing the carnage and death that has resulted from the perpetuation of these horrendous policies the blood also represents the slow death of the false sense of hope that his campaign galvanized broken promise after broken palmists more people are breaking out of the baseless propaganda and empty rhetoric and starting to acknowledge that true change and hope can only be sustained through love st
here's my depiction of obama's logo called killing hope never before obama's presidential campaign had it ever seen a candidate brand themselves with a corporate logo the official logo appears to be a giant blue o's sun rising over an american flag horizon symbolizing the supposed dawn of a new beginning. four years into his presidency obama has not only continued to most of the corrupt unjust and inhumane policies of the criminal bush term but in many cases his administration has exacerbated...
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during his state of the union speech president obama said america needs to boost its help for libya and its neighbors to bring security to the region defending his counterterrorism framework he talked about the fate of the arab spring countries and outlined plans to end america's afghanistan military mission by the end of next year more from our she's going to as you can hear his commentary from washington in his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats that the country speccing first of all pair of spreading to different parts of the world for what he said although the u.s. is pulling troops out of afghanistan america's war on terror will take a listen it's true different al qaeda affiliates and extremist groups have emerged from the reagan peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is of all. but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupying other nations we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the greatest threat to americans although there was no men
during his state of the union speech president obama said america needs to boost its help for libya and its neighbors to bring security to the region defending his counterterrorism framework he talked about the fate of the arab spring countries and outlined plans to end america's afghanistan military mission by the end of next year more from our she's going to as you can hear his commentary from washington in his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats...
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right so he was considered as the man for the job by president obama. in two thousand and nine when an obama nominated him was was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policies and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the obama administration's ruthless drone war which has replaced the bush administration's detention programs and torture programs and so it doesn't seem like that much of a contradiction now brennan and george tenet and george bush and president obama seem all on the same pile and you know you started to get at this point earlier but i want to talk a little bit about these actual programs that the u.s. government has been using for example the drone strikes when you look at their use i mean some critics have said that this in fact creates more terrorism because people ar
right so he was considered as the man for the job by president obama. in two thousand and nine when an obama nominated him was was thinking about nominating him for the same position but obama faced scrutiny because he was at the same time talking about closing guantanamo bay you know banning torture he criticized the bush administration's war on terror policies and so it seemed too much of a contradiction to put these two things right next to each other but now we've had four years of the...
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now you are going to an angry congress president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents that she says justifies the policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists u.s. lawmakers have been demanding the files for years the president had staunchly refused most recently however some senators hinted they would block his nominee for a cia chief from taking office john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the set i think his confirmation hearing on thursday that's all it is going to take on reports his appointment might boyden horizons corner because it's. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream drone makers and the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionising. allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological
now you are going to an angry congress president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents that she says justifies the policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists u.s. lawmakers have been demanding the files for years the president had staunchly refused most recently however some senators hinted they would block his nominee for a cia chief from taking office john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the set i think his confirmation hearing on...
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after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents and while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the u.s. has invested over one hundred billion dollars in reconstruction of afghanistan and that this year alone it's expected another thirty billion dollars could be spread to nate this as the afghan state is rated one of the most corrupt in the world despite red flags from a watchdog monitory bad aid they say there's no way of ensuring all this money is going to the right place or whose hands the cash is falling into and that it's too dangerous in many places in afghanistan to safely observe what's happening well former and. some have become very rich including western officials well most
after over a decade of war troops are coming home in twenty fourteen as obama put it obama points out that there are two missions now one to prepare handing afghan forces to take over so that the country does not slip into chaos again the key word here again it almost seems as if it's now a stable place just today reports of ten civilians killed by a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents and while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so...
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more about president obama's candidate and in just a few minutes here on the program we'll be joined by a reporter in washington about why hagel is causing such concern. at libya for. the uprising that toppled the gadhafi preparations and road blocks across the country and nato forces gather inside the capital this out the number of those protesting against the new government continues to rise and so much more after the break. good lumber tour. was to build a new. route you leave. your new found anything to nj mission to teach music creation why you should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. british. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy. the global financial headline news. reports. twenty minutes. in the u.s. senate republicans have stalled an attempt by the white house to make chuck hagel the secretary of defense he fell just short senate has decided to push for more time to find out just a bit more about him. washington d.c. to give us a. good to see you can you can you give us a bit of the background to this why did the republicans.
more about president obama's candidate and in just a few minutes here on the program we'll be joined by a reporter in washington about why hagel is causing such concern. at libya for. the uprising that toppled the gadhafi preparations and road blocks across the country and nato forces gather inside the capital this out the number of those protesting against the new government continues to rise and so much more after the break. good lumber tour. was to build a new. route you leave. your new...
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big call to take center stage during bronco obama's state of the union address but the targeted killing of terrorist suspects including americans without charge or trial fails to make the county's key speech. north korea faces more sanctions as the u.n. security council strongly condemns pyongyang and the most powerful underground nuclear test today. does high earners on the banks and how to weigh your small business owners call the government taxes suffocating as the pressure mounts during tough financial times. international news and comments live from moscow this is o.t. with me. hello and welcome to the program. bronco bamma devoted his found state of the union address of his second term to trying to appease norway cars and tongue spares with fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt and deficit but certain domestic and foreign policy issues which washington has been criticized for were notably left out of his speech like he's gotten that trick on in washington for the details so they're getting ahead of the speech americans were expecting obama to address the most pressing
big call to take center stage during bronco obama's state of the union address but the targeted killing of terrorist suspects including americans without charge or trial fails to make the county's key speech. north korea faces more sanctions as the u.n. security council strongly condemns pyongyang and the most powerful underground nuclear test today. does high earners on the banks and how to weigh your small business owners call the government taxes suffocating as the pressure mounts during...
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so this is not being an anti obama thing but obama took the bush secrecy regime and expanded that by an order of magnitude everything including classification numbers have gone up the number of people being targeted for assassination has gone up the actual number of people we've been killing has gone up instead of torturing people we're just blowing them off the face of the planet so i think it's gotten worse under obama it has been just stayed the same and his affirmatively gotten worse john i want to address what the judge said in this case when she handed you the sentence judge leoni brinkema she said i think thirty months is way too light she goes on to say that this is not a case of a whistleblower. certainly when i accepted the plea in october of two thousand and twelve judge brinkema commented at that time in open court that thirty months was if it was a fair and appropriate deal. she. i can only speculate of course but in january just last friday the courtroom was packed with reporters and she may have seen an opportunity to to look tough in a case like mine that's one point
so this is not being an anti obama thing but obama took the bush secrecy regime and expanded that by an order of magnitude everything including classification numbers have gone up the number of people being targeted for assassination has gone up the actual number of people we've been killing has gone up instead of torturing people we're just blowing them off the face of the planet so i think it's gotten worse under obama it has been just stayed the same and his affirmatively gotten worse john i...
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wasn't the only one chipping away at president obama's reputation in b.c. and fox news are among some of the other stations to air out their frustrations with the commander in chief yes president obama promised transparency in his administration but when it comes to policies and actions that is is he really required to share every detail of his personal doings with the media as well and most importantly why is the media so stuck on the fact that they can't have pictures of him goal thing when there are other more legitimate threats to transparency that deserve the media's attention frankly the ever outspoken christopher chambers joined me earlier for a critique at the media's criticism of the president he's a journalism professor at georgetown university and began by explaining why there is such a this has been such a big story take a look. he's stepped into this he has created a situation where it's basically he's the catalyst for that perfect storm because he has asserted again and again that he has the most transparent presidency in recent memory which i
wasn't the only one chipping away at president obama's reputation in b.c. and fox news are among some of the other stations to air out their frustrations with the commander in chief yes president obama promised transparency in his administration but when it comes to policies and actions that is is he really required to share every detail of his personal doings with the media as well and most importantly why is the media so stuck on the fact that they can't have pictures of him goal thing when...
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price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something. to united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war their intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a quiet because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under th
price considering the broad definition the obama administration gives us to who should be on their kill list the leaked memo on targeted assassinations from the u.s. justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america if you extend the logic or studio logic being proud by the white house now you come. live a few might say that we're in danger of going over we're getting very close to zero thought crimes that if...
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a lot of pressure on the obama administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws that it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they'll they'll leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama point to chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say maybe we'll see but i'm skeptical that obama really is out to redefine be american relationship with israel and i would add to that in addition to the. point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone hill the israelis are just fine with who will continue what many of the covert programs of course are drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia and that would be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for we all are coming to terms of the
a lot of pressure on the obama administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws that it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they'll they'll leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama point to chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's...
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under fire president obama's pick for cia director is on the hill today answering tough questions on everything from a kill list to drone strikes coming up a critical look at yon brennan's record. setting south of the border the u.s. is spending tens of billions of dollars on the war on drugs and that battle is now being fought all over latin america will break down the cost of these missions and ask if they are really accomplishing anything. it's thursday february seventh five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r t. we begin today taking a look at drones and the role they play in achieving u.s. foreign policy goals it's an issue with covered extensively here at r.s.c. and finally making its way into the mainstream conversation on order to operate these unmanned aircraft the u.s. needs military bases relatively close to the planned targets and it turns out the u.s. has had one in saudi arabia for about two years or where in saudi arabia that's still a mystery but chances are you had no idea it existed and that's because it's been somewhat of a secret apparent
under fire president obama's pick for cia director is on the hill today answering tough questions on everything from a kill list to drone strikes coming up a critical look at yon brennan's record. setting south of the border the u.s. is spending tens of billions of dollars on the war on drugs and that battle is now being fought all over latin america will break down the cost of these missions and ask if they are really accomplishing anything. it's thursday february seventh five pm here in...
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and president obama took a mini vacation over the weekend to south florida but the white house press corps is up in arms after being denied coverage of obama and tiger woods playing golf together but why does the media really care about who the president plays golf with aren't there more pressing issues they should care about. taking to the streets over the weekend thousands turn out in washington d.c. to protest the keystone x.l. pipeline they hope president obama blocks the plan but will he disappoint his liberal environmentalist base we'll ask that question coming up. it's monday february eighteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . harsh words coming from afghan president hamid karzai today enough is enough in the wake of an airstrike that left ten civilians dead last week president karzai has issued a decree banning afghan security forces from requesting international air strikes during operations in residential areas for quite some time now nato and afghan security forces have teamed up to conduct counterterrorism operations that relied heav
and president obama took a mini vacation over the weekend to south florida but the white house press corps is up in arms after being denied coverage of obama and tiger woods playing golf together but why does the media really care about who the president plays golf with aren't there more pressing issues they should care about. taking to the streets over the weekend thousands turn out in washington d.c. to protest the keystone x.l. pipeline they hope president obama blocks the plan but will he...
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news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around is kind of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after eight years of keeping it secret he's going to take on reports brennan's confirmation might broaden horizons for america's drone fleets. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionising we're. allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machin
news now from drone strikes to torture techniques tough questions are ahead for barack obama's nominee for cia head of his confirmation hearing in the senate john brennan is widely seen as not protecting u.s. drone strategy in an effort to avoid scrutiny around is kind of the see the u.s. president has even agreed to hand over classified documents justifying the killing of american terror suspects abroad so after eight years of keeping it secret he's going to take on reports brennan's...
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and it's often called president obama's proud jewel of achievements during his first term health care reform but is obamacare actually the answer to us that the us healthcare crisis are four on that coming up. it's monday february fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r t today marks john kerry's first official day as the sixty eighth secretary of state and perhaps not a moment too soon topping secretary kerry's agenda is the push to restart peace talks between israelis and palestinians and in the more immediate future he plans to address the volatile situations in egypt and also in north africa his appointment comes amid dropping u.s. approval ratings in the middle east something that hillary clinton addressed last week. some of the success is that being attributed to you is mending or fix in you know it's the it's relation with an open muslim or yet the statistics contradict that if you look at the pew set this it shows that actually your favoritism in compared to the bush administration is lower and in countries like turkey and other places so what
and it's often called president obama's proud jewel of achievements during his first term health care reform but is obamacare actually the answer to us that the us healthcare crisis are four on that coming up. it's monday february fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r t today marks john kerry's first official day as the sixty eighth secretary of state and perhaps not a moment too soon topping secretary kerry's agenda is the push to restart peace talks between...
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of the iraq war and the jewish lobby some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job he's going to. chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can find in louisville all that apologizing and repenting behind and he had to do a lot of that to get the job has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator chuck hagel allowed himself to oppose the surge in iraq or to criticize israel's policies to oppose seeing war with iran as an option but as the president's nominee for the defense secretary position he backtracked on much of what he had said before and did it as as even his supporters noted in a rather clumsy way but in a way that showed how much he wanted the job and the whole confirmation process including the attack campaign against him including the filibuster ten days ago showed how intolerant the u.s. congress is of alternative thought on foreign policy ten days ago the senators knew quite well that chuck
of the iraq war and the jewish lobby some believing he could also be too soft on iran but president obama firmly believes he's the right man for the job he's going to. chuck hagel was confirmed by the senate fifty eight votes for forty one vote against a narrow vote as you can see but he can find in louisville all that apologizing and repenting behind and he had to do a lot of that to get the job has been working very hard to tailor his views so as to please congress as a senator chuck hagel...
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going to church account with commentary from washington and his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats that the country is facing first of all pair of spreading to different parts of the world for what he said although the u.s. is pulling troops out of afghanistan america's war on terror will continue to listen to this true different al qaeda affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the already raven peninsula to africa the threat these groups pose is of all. but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupying other nations we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the greatest threat to america although there was no mentioning of the word drone everyone knew that's what the president meant when saying direct action with no u.s. troops involved what he did not talk about was the limits for this war that there's an inspiration is waging with a remote control the justification that the administration gave john brennan's words we don't punish people for past
going to church account with commentary from washington and his state of the union speech president obama outlined some of the external threats that the country is facing first of all pair of spreading to different parts of the world for what he said although the u.s. is pulling troops out of afghanistan america's war on terror will continue to listen to this true different al qaeda affiliates in extremist groups have emerged from the already raven peninsula to africa the threat these groups...
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stunt part of obama's p.r. campaign down now to the second position as you can see in movies or purple there it's all about espionage coming in a thirteen percent well that's a glimpse into world war three that sounds rather dramatic and the bare minimum now of six percent saying that the whole hacker war scandal between the u.s. and china well it's a warning to china directly from the obama administration we are still taking your votes that are to dot com never too late now to get involved. i...
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sought to rally as america graces itself for protests against president obama's proposals to. show. a week of angry demonstrations in the west bank culminates in fresh clashes with israeli security forces this after a mansion in support of striking palestinian prisoners was met with tear gas and stun grenades. britain loses its cherished top credit rating for the first time in decades the downgrade grounded a. government failure. and a shift in britain's fashion world as more and more designers bucked the trend of using flawless models opting instead for the ordinary imperfections of everyday. life from this is on. a worldwide news it's good to have you with us today. thousands of pro-gun activists in the united states ready to take part in a day of resistance and an act of defiance against president obama's tighter gun laws agenda ultimately calling his plans unconstitutional as aussies guy nature can report so it's not just words they're ready to use to protect their right to bear on. part of america now favor some form of gun control especially in the wake of tragic mass shooting
sought to rally as america graces itself for protests against president obama's proposals to. show. a week of angry demonstrations in the west bank culminates in fresh clashes with israeli security forces this after a mansion in support of striking palestinian prisoners was met with tear gas and stun grenades. britain loses its cherished top credit rating for the first time in decades the downgrade grounded a. government failure. and a shift in britain's fashion world as more and more designers...
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john brennan barack obama's pick to head the cia and the architect of the drone assassination program had his senate confirmation hearing this week while critics accused lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride and some members of the public weren't shy in expressing their disapproval multiple protesters interrupted the session raising you toasters accusing brennan of being of a driving force by. and the so-called targeted killing operations human rights activists claim the using drones against suspected terrorists is unlawful and leads to a high number of civilian casualties after demonstrators were removed from the hall lawmakers questioned brennan on torture and cia shortcomings however critics claim that these inquiries seem strictly ceremonial scholar and author calling a value says that given brennan's views and his confirmation could it set a troubling precedent. this is a complete denial of our constitutional rights under the fourteenth amendment due process of law and equal protection of the law and yet when the administration is doing here is there usurping the. united
john brennan barack obama's pick to head the cia and the architect of the drone assassination program had his senate confirmation hearing this week while critics accused lawmakers of giving john brennan an easy ride and some members of the public weren't shy in expressing their disapproval multiple protesters interrupted the session raising you toasters accusing brennan of being of a driving force by. and the so-called targeted killing operations human rights activists claim the using drones...
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president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says that justify his policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists u.s. lawmakers have been demanding the files for years but the president has staunchly refused to strike but risen do some senators had hinted they would block his nominee for cia chief from told loftus john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and as artie's damage can his confirmation could only broaden the horizon america's role. in the shadows no more drones are moving into the mainstream was drone makers in the u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability and their revolutionizing work. by allowing us to see and . from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television carrying the techno. logical capabilities of the killing
president barack obama has agreed to hand over classified documents which he says that justify his policy of ordering targeted killings of suspected terrorists u.s. lawmakers have been demanding the files for years but the president has staunchly refused to strike but risen do some senators had hinted they would block his nominee for cia chief from told loftus john brennan the man behind the u.s. drone program is to face the senate at his confirmation hearing on thursday and as artie's damage...
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barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to run. a new report suggests that many of america's foreign service workers are paying to get the best jobs. israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but it claims that the troops will only be there for security purposes. it's a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm. with your news from around the world now french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases in northern mali with troops moving in now to the city of could dow the last bastion of islamist insurgents now around eighteen hundred soldiers from chad have also joined the operation meanwhile to senior islamic leaders have been captured fleeing airstrikes on the border with algeria we now have an exclusive report right from the frontline of the embattled country. euler see that is the money because they know what i'm going to look at today in this town in mali everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamist leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the demon a g
barack obama's diplomatic team gets ready to run. a new report suggests that many of america's foreign service workers are paying to get the best jobs. israel considers building a buffer zone reaching far inside syria but it claims that the troops will only be there for security purposes. it's a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm. with your news from around the world now french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases in northern mali with troops moving in...
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under fire president obama's pick for cia director is on the hill today answering tough questions on everything from the kill list to drone strikes coming up a critical look at john brennan's record. like father like son rand paul might have followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a lawmaker but what about his stance is i had a look at what paul preaches when it comes to foreign policy. it's thursday february seventeenth pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our tea. we begin today taking a look at drones in the role they play and achieving u.s. foreign policy goals it's an issue we've covered extensively here at r t and finally making its way into the mainstream conversation well in order to operate these unmanned aircraft the u.s. needs military bases relatively close to the planned targets turns out the u.s. had it had one such base in saudi arabia for two years where in saudi arabia the exact location is still a mystery but chances are you had no idea it existed at all that's because it's been somewhat of a secret apparently many media outlets knew al
under fire president obama's pick for cia director is on the hill today answering tough questions on everything from the kill list to drone strikes coming up a critical look at john brennan's record. like father like son rand paul might have followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a lawmaker but what about his stance is i had a look at what paul preaches when it comes to foreign policy. it's thursday february seventeenth pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our...
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president obama secures washington's expanding counterterrorism efforts of the middle east as he lays out america's global priority plan in his state of the union address. and more nuclear test shock waves from north korea which detonates a third device despite a un ban and international sanctions. alone a very good evening this is r.t. you're watching our round up of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin owen here it r.t. h.q. in moscow tonight first well it was the big story of the week the world was wide died this week over dramatic images from central russia plunging b.t.o. exploding with a blinding flash before crashing in the urals at the start on friday not hard to imagine the shock felt by the region's residents without going on the blinding flash the noise windows being blown in to people while of course to try to work out what exactly was happening somewhere before war broke out ok well across this story now it's eagle piskun office take a look. it was like a scene from a scythe or a movie but with one exception it was real first the brilliant flash this big b
president obama secures washington's expanding counterterrorism efforts of the middle east as he lays out america's global priority plan in his state of the union address. and more nuclear test shock waves from north korea which detonates a third device despite a un ban and international sanctions. alone a very good evening this is r.t. you're watching our round up of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin owen here it r.t. h.q. in moscow tonight first well it was the big story of...
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ambassador chris stevens what in doing so president obama is going to appease the republicans who were you know still dead set on finding out the facts behind this thing but he's going to stop right there which is kind of weird as members of his own party the democrats they're really urging the white house to open up on his whole targeted kill drone strike extrajudicial execution of american citizens that whole thing but it looks like president obama's not going to bother talk about drones right now instead he's going to handle the benghazi thing put the drone stuff aside and we'll see how long that last for also we all know is huge cyber security cyber security stuff happening this week looks like a new report out of the white house out of the justice department really really point the finger and not just chinese hackers but hacktivists members of the group anonymous members of the group and we do weeks ago now that you've got to check it out right a lot to read up on there andrea thanks for that update that was our producer andrew blake with a preview of what's trending today on our
ambassador chris stevens what in doing so president obama is going to appease the republicans who were you know still dead set on finding out the facts behind this thing but he's going to stop right there which is kind of weird as members of his own party the democrats they're really urging the white house to open up on his whole targeted kill drone strike extrajudicial execution of american citizens that whole thing but it looks like president obama's not going to bother talk about drones...
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plus both congress and president obama have said immigration reform must happen here in the u.s. but will the plan include a guest worker program will shine a light on the dark history of the u.s. guest program in the past. it's monday february eleventh five him in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you're watching our t.v. it's not a bird not quite a plane it's an unmanned aerial vehicle that's dominating newspaper headlines cable coverage and confirmation hearings these days but it's not necessarily the surveillance aspects that has everyone riled up it's the cold blooded characteristics of this machine that has the networks talking. officials inside the justice department have drafted a document saying the president has the legal authority to use drones the american government is launching a new war some of this country's seventy five hundred drones may be about to take off with new targets in their sights the secrecy the lack of transparency and lack of oversight of the drone program the issue of drones and extra judicial killings has become so mainstream that even former d
plus both congress and president obama have said immigration reform must happen here in the u.s. but will the plan include a guest worker program will shine a light on the dark history of the u.s. guest program in the past. it's monday february eleventh five him in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you're watching our t.v. it's not a bird not quite a plane it's an unmanned aerial vehicle that's dominating newspaper headlines cable coverage and confirmation hearings these days but it's not...
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stunt from obama's cybersecurity so you can. curate his policies analysis that's a tough one every now and again down to up at second position here it's all about espionage well that's fairly easy to believe a thirteen percent down to the orange or yellow a glimpse into world war three i think perhaps i'm getting a bit dramatic down to the fourth position of the bare minimum saying that a world between washington and beijing a cyberwarfare president obama is sending a very clear warning to china while we're still taking your votes that are to dot com we love it when you get involved to let us know what you think and for the meanwhile i'll be back with more global news after a very short break. it's technology innovations all the latest developments from around russia we've. covered. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought . i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. more news today. thes
stunt from obama's cybersecurity so you can. curate his policies analysis that's a tough one every now and again down to up at second position here it's all about espionage well that's fairly easy to believe a thirteen percent down to the orange or yellow a glimpse into world war three i think perhaps i'm getting a bit dramatic down to the fourth position of the bare minimum saying that a world between washington and beijing a cyberwarfare president obama is sending a very clear warning to...
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and president obama secures washington's expanding it counterterrorism efforts in the middle east as he lays out america's global priority plan and his state of the union address. they are watching our weekly news review with me kerry johnston well the world was why died this week over dramatic images from central russia plunging your exploded with a blinding flash before crashing in the urals early on friday was hard to imagine the shock felt by the region's residents as they saw this huge fireball coming overhead it must have been absolutely terrifying when in fact it took a while for people to realize exactly what was happening to me set off as we can see a powerful shockwave smashing buildings creating havoc and of course but we'll bring inside well to take a closer look now and exactly what happened. it was like a scene from a movie but with one exception it was real first the brilliant flash was big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun the skies were lit up by a meteor streaking across the skies above the russian city of over one and
and president obama secures washington's expanding it counterterrorism efforts in the middle east as he lays out america's global priority plan and his state of the union address. they are watching our weekly news review with me kerry johnston well the world was why died this week over dramatic images from central russia plunging your exploded with a blinding flash before crashing in the urals early on friday was hard to imagine the shock felt by the region's residents as they saw this huge...
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and president obama secures washington's expanding counterterrorism efforts in the middle east as he lays out america's global priority plan in his state of the union address. hello there in a very good morning to you if you just joined us sits kevin owen here at r.t. h.q. in moscow with our top stories of the last seven days and of course the big story as we can see on the screen the worldwide died this last week over those dramatic images from central russia plunging meteor exploding with a blinding flash before crashing in the urals early on friday what a wake up call that was for the local inhabitants of chelyabinsk wasn't it they went out of bed by nine twenty five that morning they certainly were after that i want to shocking thing to happen as well first they described that intense bright light the best a lot of people could describe it as was big like a nuclear bomb going off maybe there was a lot of worry then came the bang the whoosh the pressure blew they said they could feel it inside shocking and in the last hour as well a development two scientists now looking for trace
and president obama secures washington's expanding counterterrorism efforts in the middle east as he lays out america's global priority plan in his state of the union address. hello there in a very good morning to you if you just joined us sits kevin owen here at r.t. h.q. in moscow with our top stories of the last seven days and of course the big story as we can see on the screen the worldwide died this last week over those dramatic images from central russia plunging meteor exploding with a...
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and president obama secures washington's expanding counterterrorism efforts in the middle east as he lays out america's global priority plan and his state of the union address. hello this is our team you're watching or rather for the top stories of the last seven days as me kevin owen here in moscow this morning very good to have your company and of course the big story of the week here it comes keep a look at that screen the worldwide died this last week over those dramatic images from central russia that plunging meteor that exploded with a blinding flash before crashing in the urals early on friday parts of it ended up in a lake will tell you about that in just a minute no matter how you look at it not hard to imagine the shock of the people that were in the child chelyabinsk area that witnessed all that first that blinding flash they thought was a nuclear bomb some of the people there going off there that the roof of the pressure they were describing how they kind of felt it within their bodies and then of course if you were in a building when that blast went off and the windows
and president obama secures washington's expanding counterterrorism efforts in the middle east as he lays out america's global priority plan and his state of the union address. hello this is our team you're watching or rather for the top stories of the last seven days as me kevin owen here in moscow this morning very good to have your company and of course the big story of the week here it comes keep a look at that screen the worldwide died this last week over those dramatic images from central...
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president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but according to reports washington is all too familiar with the offensive side of cyber war it's the u.s. who launches things like stuxnet that together with israel to to cripple certain iranian technology capabilities in two thousand and ten a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities destroying nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to reports the virus made entirely out of code was a joint collaboration between the us and israel in terms of a pandora's box i think it will be slightly harder for the united states to adopt a position of purely defensiv
president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but...